Affiliation:
1. University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
2. Islamic University, Bangladesh
3. Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science and Technology University, Bangladesh
Abstract
Associations of duration of family poverty (DFP) via parental monetary investment (PMI) and parenting practice (PP) with primary math achievement (PMA) among slum children were less investigated. This chapter tested and compared the mediating effects of PMI and PP on the association DFP and PMA between working children (n = 283) and non-working children (n = 182; M = 12.09, SD = .86, 60.86%). Over 12 months, data on the key variables: DFP, PMI, PP, and PMA were collected, using questionnaire method. Using structural equation modeling, the authors found that working children with more DFP than their peers had poor math scores in fifth grade final examination. Although both factors (e.g., PMI, PP) significantly and positively mediated the DFP-PMA relation, lower frequency of PP than PMI was a potential mechanism by which DFP was more likely to transmit negative effects on PMA in working children than in non-working children.